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Contending with Christianity's Critics

Answering New Atheists and Other Objectors

by Paul Copan and William Lane Craig


Trade Paper
August 2009
$19.99

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Contending with Christianity’s Critics is book two in a series on modern Christian apologetics that began with the popular Passionate Conviction. This second installment, featuring writings from eighteen respected apologists such as Gary Habermas and Ben Witherington, addresses challenges from noted New Atheists like Richard Dawkins (The God Delusion) and other contemporary critics of Christianity concerning belief in God, the historical Jesus, and Christianity’s doctrinal coherence. Contending with Christianity’s Critics and Passionate Conviction are the result of national apologetics conferences sponsored by the Evangelical Philosophical Society (www.epsociety.org).

Paul Copan is the Pledger Family Chair of Philosophy and Ethics at Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach, Florida. He holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Marquette University.

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William Lane Craig is research professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology in La Mirada, California. His Ph.D. in Philosophy is from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom.

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Product Details

ISBN: 9780805449365 Trim Size: 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.75 in
Page Count: 304 Weight: 1.10lb
Binding: Trade Paper
Status: Active Publication Date: August 2009

Reviews:

Contending with Christianity’s Critics faces “head-on the objections against Christian Truth”

“This anthology delivers attentive coverage about relevant assumptions, claims, reasons, and evidences that goes to the center of contemporary intellectual hostility toward Christianity. Moreover, the contributors exemplify unmistakable care for their topics, without indulging in idiosyncratic fanfare, or scholarly intramurals only recognizable to the specialist. Thoughtful nonspecialists can feel at home with these books, and [...]

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“Excellent essays to rationally and reasonably defend the truth…”

“This collection is wonderful, especially in combination with the previous collection Passionate Conviction. It really does provide excellent essays to rationally and reasonably defend the truth of Christianity. The best thing about this book is that it deals with numerous contemporary issues and concerns. It is hard since the popularization of Dawkins and Erhman for one to simply jump to [...]

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